2007

Juanita Aguirre (International Studies, 2007, co-reader):
"The Potential Effects of the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement on Peruvian Development"

Kelly Graham (Geography/Anthropology, 2007; second reader):
"The Asphalt and the Favela: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Urban Segregation" (in Brazil).

Lindsay Martinez (Latin American & Latina/o Studies and Sociology, 2007, co-reader):
"The Utilization and Development of Indigenous Identity in the Zapatista Movement As Seen Through Public Symbols, Self-Representation and Their Literature Between 1994 and 2005"

Jean McCalmont (International Studies, 2007):
"Engendering Hope in a Gendered Revolution: An Examination of the Women's Movement Within the Zapatista Revolution"

Lisa Strumwasser (Anthropology, 2007):
"Unsympathetic Determinants: The Mechanics of Deportation Legislation"

Monica Whitcher (Independent Program, 2007):
"Multilingualism, Identity, and Education: A Comparison of US and Canadian Policy and Practice"


2006

Kate Blakeley (Independent Program, 2006):
"Discourses of Afrikaans in Post-Apartheid South Africa"

Adam Ovadia (Anthropology, 2006):
"Signs of Place: Ideologies of Toponymy in the Hudson Valley"


2005

Beatriz Herrera (English, 2005, second reader):
Translation methodology and Nahua poetic genres


2000 - 2003 (Bard College)

Leslie Holland (American Studies, 2002):
"Treading Into Undiscovered Country: Champlain in New France"

Emma Kreyche (Political Studies, 2003, second reader):
Post-Sandinista agrarian cooperatives in Nicaragua

Zachary Martin (Anthropology, 2003):
The preservation of political and cultural autonomy in Maya communities

Alexander Mignolo (Political Studies, 2003):
Land speculation in Buenos Aires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries